Nairobi

Software written in Nairobi, for the way Africa actually trades.

Eastmatt’s lanes, Galana’s minimarts, Yanah’s counter. When the line is long and the network blinks, the sale still goes through. KRA eTIMS, M-Pesa and statutory payroll are in the product, not in a change request.

KRA TIMS/eTIMS ready M-Pesa & other mobile payments PAYE · NSSF · SHA · Housing Levy On-premise or cloud

Illustration of a VortexPOS tax invoice. The PIN, control-unit number, signature and verify code are sample values. They are not Vortex Solutions’ KRA PIN and they do not verify as a real sale.

VortexPOS

Till 4 · Saturday

PIN: P051234567A


Tax invoice

Receipt #4821112:41

Reg/BatR4


ItemAmount

Bread

2 x 75.00150.00

Milk 1L

4 x 65.00260.00

Rice 5kg

2 x 520.001,040.00

Cooking oil

2 x 1,000.002,000.00


Total3,450.00

M-Pesa3,450.00


Items4

Thank you — come again.

Lane still open. The network is down, and this sale is on the slip.


Receipt TypeNS

SCU Date10/10/2026

SCU Time12:41:06

CU Invoice NoKRACU0100000004/48211

Receipt SignatureN8K2P4W7C3H6D

Internal Data7C2E9A48211T4

eTIMS verify

VortexPOS Ver 3.0.0  www.vortexsol.com

Saturday on VortexPOS. The receipt is in shillings, and it still signs if the line drops.

Eastmatt, Galana Energies and Yanah Pharmacy run on Vortex today. Meet the rest of them

Eastmatt Supermarkets Galmart Supermarket Galana Energies Yanah Pharmacy Kanini Haraka Enterprises Jiwa Olsupat Lodge HumanNeeds Project
Start from your desk

What do you run?

Pick the closest thing. If none of these is you, a person in Nairobi will tell you straight.

People, members, fuel, learning

I have a job that is not the till

Payroll that knows Kenyan law. A core for a SACCO. Cards at the pump. Courses your staff actually finish.

Not sure yet

Help me choose, including against the others

Four questions. Sometimes the honest answer is SAP, Odoo or QuickBooks. We would rather say so than win the wrong job.

The family

Pick the one that matches the work.

Same facts in every one of them: Kenyan tax, mobile money, and a day when the internet is simply not there. The detail lives on each product’s own page.

VortexERP · Enterprise edition

VortexERP Enterprise

Finance, the warehouse and the factory floor for a large operation. eTIMS and M-Pesa sit in the core, not in a plugin.

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VortexERP · Lite editionFREE 30-DAY TRIAL

VortexERP Lite

Eighteen trades, one login. Schools, pharmacies, restaurants, garages and the rest. Try it free for 30 days. No card.

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People & pay

Vortex HR & Payroll

PAYE, NSSF, SHA and the Housing Levy, to the shilling. Leave, hiring and the payslip sit beside the run.

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Enterprise AI

MicroLens AI

Ask your own numbers a plain question, on your own server. The numbers come from the books. The AI explains them.

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Learning platform

Vortex eLearning

Courses, compliance and a tutor that cites your own material. People finish, and you can see who has not.

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Retail point of sale

VortexPOS

The till behind supermarket lanes. It keeps selling when the internet drops, signs the receipt with KRA, and closes to the shilling.

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Strategy execution

Vortex BSC

The board’s objectives, the department’s numbers, and Monday morning’s red lights. One scorecard, not a slide deck.

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Fuel cards & station management

Vortex Fuel Card

A card at the pump, a rule about what it can buy, and an end of day that balances litres against shillings.

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Core banking system

FelmuCBS

Savings, loans and the teller, on one ledger. A second person approves the sensitive moves.

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Loyalty & rewards

VortexLoyalty

Points, tiers and a reward. A member can check the balance from any phone, including over USSD.

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Already running

Three counters we can name

Named businesses, and the job the software does for them. The longer story is theirs to tell.

Eastmatt Supermarkets

VortexPOS on the lanes. The till keeps selling when the internet does not, and the Z report still balances.

See the till →

Galana Energies

The minimart at every Galana station. Vortex runs the shop across the whole network.

See the till →

Yanah Pharmacy

A pharmacy counter on VortexERP Lite. Batches and expiry stay with the sale, and M-Pesa is a tender, not a workaround.

See pharmacy →
Two ordinary days

A Saturday lane, and a school morning

Saturday rush

Saturday, and the line is long

Six tills, one power cut, the receipt still signs with KRA. Cards, M-Pesa and a voucher can split one basket. When the network returns, nothing was lost.

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School morning

Timetable done, register marked, fees in — by the time assembly starts

Teachers open their day on a short screen. The bursar receipts fees to M-Pesa. Report cards follow the curriculum the school actually teaches, CBE or Cambridge.

Monday, before assembly

Term report
CBE, no ranking
Learning areaRubric
MathematicsMeeting expectations
EnglishApproaching

A Cambridge class gets a grade, and a position.

See school software →
Why Vortex

Built for the Tuesday you actually have

Imported software assumes a stable line, a foreign tax form and a dollar payroll. We started from the other end.

Tax you do not have to remember

KRA TIMS/eTIMS on the invoice, VAT and withholding with an iTax export, statements a board can read. In the box.

M-Pesa is a normal way to pay

STK push at the till, Airtel Money, a parent paying fees, a customer paying on the portal. The receipt lands in the books.

The work continues when the line drops

Tills, scanners and a branch that has to keep trading. They sync when the network comes back. They do not wait for it.

Your data can stay in the building

Enterprise, payroll, the POS and MicroLens run on your servers or in your cloud. Lite is hosted, for people who want none of that care.

FAQ

Questions people ask

What does Vortex Solutions build?

Vortex Solutions Limited builds nine platforms in Nairobi, for businesses across Africa: ERP, point of sale, HR and payroll, core banking, loyalty, AI, e-learning, balanced scorecard and fuel-card management. VortexERP has an Enterprise edition and a Lite edition. Lite covers 18 trades, in the cloud, with a 30-day trial and no card.

Which businesses already run it?

Eastmatt and Galmart run VortexPOS on the supermarket lanes. Galana Energies runs the minimart at every petrol station on that same till. Yanah Pharmacy runs the counter on VortexERP Lite. The rest of the wall is on the customers page.

Is there a free trial?

VortexERP Lite is a 30-day free trial with full features and no credit card. The account is at lite.vortexerp.net/register. The other platforms start with a demo. The team replies within one business day.

Where is the office?

4th Floor, Delta Annex Corner, Ring Road Westlands Lane, Westlands, Nairobi. The desk is open Mon–Fri, 8:00–18:00 EAT. Call +254 (0)20 20 10 845 or +254 (0)733 480544, or use the form on the contact page.

Bring the workflow that worries you.

A Saturday rush, a month-end, a timetable, a dip reading. We will run it with you from Nairobi, and we will say so if Vortex is the wrong tool.

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